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Relaxation For Dummies

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Relaxation For Dummies by Shamash Alidina offers practical guidance on achieving relaxation and managing stress effectively. The book provides various techniques and strategies, including mindfulness and meditation, to help readers cultivate calmness and balance in their daily lives. Aimed at improving overall well-being, it's a valuable resource for those seeking to enhance their mental health through relaxation practices.
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New ways to embrace relaxation every day! Relaxation For Dummies provides a straightforward guide to understanding the importance of relaxation in our readers' day-to-day lives.

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New ways to embrace relaxation every day!

Relaxation For Dummies provides a straightforward guide to understanding the importance of relaxation in our readers' day-to-day lives. Covering a variety of simple relaxation techniques, including meditation, breathing techniques, hypnotherapy, guided imagery, and yoga, this book shows readers how to use physical and emotional relaxation to combat a range of issues including stress, anxiety, phobias, and fears. The book is accompanied by an audio CD that provides accompanying relaxation exercises for readers to follow.

Relaxation For Dummies:

  • Shows readers how to understand the meaning of relaxation
  • Provides relaxation strategies to help you take it easy
  • Teaches the benefits of healthy breathing
  • Allows the reader to harness the powers of Yoga and Tai Chi to increase well-being

Note: CD files are available to download when buying the e-Book version

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781119999096

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Multiple-component retail product, part(s) enclosed

Date Published: 30 December 2011

Country: United States

Imprint: For Dummies

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 185.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 726g

Pages: 400

About the Author

Shamash Alidina, MEng MA(Ed), is a professional mindfulness trainer, keynote speaker and stress management consultant. He specialises in mindfulness training and teacher training for therapists, coaches, executives and the general public. He has trained with Jon Kabat-Zinn, Thich Nhat Hanh and Matthieu Ricard, and at Bangor University's Centre for Mindfulness. He has over ten years of experience in teaching mindfulness. He currently runs mindfulness-based courses one-to-one and in groups in London, as well as via distance-learning. He is the author of Mindfulness For Dummies .

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